"Gentlemen prefer blondes" : $b The illuminating diary of a professional ladyLoos, Anita
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"Gentlemen prefer blondes" : $b The illuminating diary of a professional lady
Loos, Anita
Diary fiction; Humorous stories; Man-woman relationships -- Fiction; Millionaires -- Fiction; Young women -- Fiction
So the French veecount is going to call up in the morning but I am not
going to see him again. Because French gentlemen are really quite
deceeving. I mean they take you to quite cute places and they make you
feel quite good about yourself and you really seem to have a delightful
time but when you get home and come to think it all over, all you have
got is a fan that only cost 20 francs and a doll that they gave you
away for nothing in a restaurant. I mean a girl has to look out in
Paris, or she would have such a good time in Paris that she would not
get anywheres. So I really think that American gentlemen are the best
after all, because kissing your hand may make you feel very very good
but a diamond and safire bracelet lasts forever. Besides, I do not
think that I ought to go out with any gentlemen in Paris because Mr.
Eisman will be here next week and he told me that the only kind of
gentlemen he wants me to go out with are intelectual gentlemen who are
good for a girls brains. So I really do not seem to see many gentlemen
around the Ritz who seem to look like they would be good for a girl’s
brains. So tomorrow we are going to go shopping and I suppose it would
really be to much to expect to find a gentleman who would look to Mr.
Eisman like he was good for a girls brains and at the same time he
would like to take us shopping.
April 29th:
Yesterday was quite a day. I mean Dorothy and I were getting ready to
go shopping and the telephone rang and they said that Lady Francis
Beekman was down stairs and she wanted to come up stairs. So I really
was quite surprised. I mean I did not know what to say, so I said all
right. So then I told Dorothy and then we put our brains together.
Because it seems that Lady Francis Beekman is the wife of the gentleman
called Sir Francis Beekman who was the admirer of mine in London who
seemed to admire me so much that he asked me if he could make me a
present of a diamond tiara. So it seemed as if his wife must have heard
about it, and it really seemed as if she must have come clear over from
London about it. So there was a very very loud knock at the door so we
asked her to come in. So Lady Francis Beekman came in and she is a
quite large size lady who seems to resemble Bill Hart quite a lot. I
mean Dorothy thinks that Lady Francis Beeckman resembles Bill Hart
quite a lot, only she really thinks she looks more like Bill Hart’s
horse. So it seems that she said that if I did not give her back the
diamond tiara right away, she would make quite a fuss and she would
ruin my reputation. Because she said that something really must be
wrong about the whole thing. Because it seems that Sir Francis Beekman
and she have been married for 35 years and the last present he gave to
her was a wedding ring. So Dorothy spoke up and she said “Lady you
could no more ruin my girl friends reputation than you could sink the
Jewish fleet.” I mean I was quite proud of Dorothy the way she stood up
for my reputation.
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